For the third straight year not a single University of Miami player was selected in the first round of the NFL draft, which is a bit of a sore point for a team that still holds the record for most consecutive NFL drafts with at least one player taken in…
The last time the Heat was in the second round of the NBA playoffs, Udonis Haslem and Shaquille O’Neal were a big part of the team. Will history, though a bit altered, repeat itself tonight in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics? Update: Nope. …
What’s next, cretinous drug dealers? Betting on which baby pops out first at maternity wards? ESPN’s Outside the Lines spent some times in the stands watching South Florida Youth Football League games– which feature 30,000 kids aged 5 to 15 from Palm Beach to Miami– and emerged with a pretty…
Chris Bosh hand-delivered a giant turd sandwich against the Boston Celtics this weekend, shooting three of ten from the field for 7 points. But cut the guy some slack. He may have had other battles on his mind.Bosh filed a lawsuit yesterday against his ex-girlfriend and a TV company in…
At a news conference today, Boston University researchers announced that Dave Duerson, the former NFL player who committed suicide in Sunny Isles Beach and donated his brain for testing, was indeed afflicted with the brain trauma common in former players. Duerson, who won two Super Bowl rings in an 11-year…
And in other news…. Dwyane Wade is still pretty amazing.The Miami Heat took the 99-90 Game 1 win over the Boston Celtics in their Eastern Conference Semi-final hoedown.D-Wade dropped 38 points, James Jones added a career playoff high 25 off the bench, and Paul Pierce was ejected with seven minutes…
The NFL Draft was last night. And in keeping with the tradition of playing it safe, the Miami Dolphins used their fifteenth overall draft pick to select center Mike Pouncey from the University of Florida.It isn’t an especially noteworthy or exciting pick, unless you have a thing for spending your…
Liván Hernández, the Cuban defector who made his MLB debut with the Florida Marlins and pitched for the team for three seasons, is in hot water after an investigation has linked him to drug trafficker Angel Ayala Vázquez, AKA Angelo Millones.”…
Dwyane Wade scored 26, Chris Bosh added 22, and LeBron James finished two assists shy of a triple-double in last night’s 97-91 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.But more important, we finally have the answer to the question: Who should have the ball in his hands when the game is on the line…
Title IX is a wide-ranging law ensuring equality based on gender in all areas of education and other federally assisted programs, but it’s most controversial when applied to high school and college athletics. Many universities have tried some tricky tactics to make sure their athletics programs are in compliance with…
“If you prick a baller, does he not bleed?” — William ShakespeareProfessional athletes are finely tuned machines: millions of dollars’ worth of ESPN-highlight-generating speed, torque, power, and finesse. But behind the oversize egos and titanic Twitter followings, pro ballers are flesh and blood like the rest of us. Case in…
Their existence was as brief as their uniforms. The Lingerie Football League’s Miami Caliente (which was technically the best professional football team in town over the past two years — it actually made the playoffs) appears to have quietly folded. The Juice reports their website is gone, they don’t appear on…
Dhafir Harris, AKA Dada 5000, and his backyard fights circus gets put under ESPN’s microscope tonight. The sports network’s news magazine show E:60 is featuring the Don King of bareknuckle, no rules brawling tonight at 7 p.m.Even though it has been two years since New Times featured Harris and introduced…
Last month, Hurricanes coach Al Golden took a bit of Internet heat for posting a quote from former Canes star Michael Irvin all over the team’s facilities. After all, the guy’s past off-the-field trouble makes Brandon Marshall look like a Boy Scout. However, Golden seems enamored with the team’s legacy,…
Between Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, and Fergie, the Miami Dolphins owners’ box has more musical talent than a Now! That’s What I Call Music CD. In fact, besides Stephen Ross and Wayne Huizenga, the Williams sisters are the only “owners” without a musical connection. Apparently, though, that’s about…
The Miami Heat’s big three are under such close media scrutiny they can barely blow their noses without it being reported, but Chris Bosh might have been able to keep his wedding to Adrienne Williams a few weeks ago under wraps. Although public records indicate Bosh tied the knot, he’s…
The Miami Heat shot 39 percent from the floor, went 5-for-23 from the three-point line, got only 16 total points from their bench, zero points from their starting point guard, and 1 point from their starting center.But all everyone is going to remember from their 86-82 Game 4 loss to…
For a coaching job that isn’t exactly one of the most high-profile in NCAA basketball or even on the University of Miami’s campus, the search for a new leader for the Hurricanes’ next men’s basketball team sure took a lot of twist and turns. Hampered by a concurrent search for…
The Philadelphia 76ers jumped to an early lead, keeping the Miami Heat at bay for much of Game 3.And then the Heat said enough of that already and rallied their way to a 100-94 comeback win to take a commanding 3-0 series lead.The Heat should know that, although we fans…
Apparently, no one in Coral Gables has given Frank Martin a call, but they have reached out to another pretty enticing candidate to fill the men’s basketball coaching vacancy. George Mason University has announced they’ve granted their coach Jim Larranaga permission to talk to Miami about the job, and the…
Barring some sort of bowl matchup, the Florida Gators and the Miami Hurricanes won’t meet again on the football field until 2013, but the two programs are always locked in an intense recruiting war for players and, occasionally, personnel. Wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill was one of the few staffers…
Remember the time that the New York Yankee’s Alex Rodriguez’s annual salary was greater than the entire roster of the Florida Marlins combined? Well, the Marlins have agreed to increase their payroll in anticipation of moving into their own ballpark, and now A-Rod only makes about 57 percent of what…
